The America's Cup Yacht Vigilant
James E. Buttersworth, ca. 1893
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 10 x 8 in, Wrong shape: a 12% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyButtersworth, near the end of his life, painting Herreshoff's new defender - two eras on one canvas. The painter of the schooner age met the bronze-and-steel age and did not blink.
- Maker
- James E. Buttersworth
- Date
- ca. 1893
- Medium of the original
- Oil on canvas
- Original held by
- Wikimedia Commons
- Credit
- Wikimedia Commons · via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-01952
Before a size goes on sale, the file is measured against it: pixels per inch at that size, how much of the picture a crop would lose, tone and sharpness. A size that fails is not offered, so there is nothing to choose wrong.
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 10 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 12 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 26% crop |
| 14 x 11 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 16 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 18 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 26% crop |
| 20 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 24 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 26% crop |
| 24 x 18 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 30 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 26% crop |
| 30 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 36 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 26% crop |
| 40 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 48 x 36 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 60 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 26% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 1,600 x 1,449 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 25, lights 210 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 11.17
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